Thomas Joseph Kelly was an Irish revolutionary and leader of the Irish Republican Brotherhood, a secret organisation with the objective of establishing an Irish republic independent from the United Ki
Kelly, c. 1865
A wanted ad for Kelly in Harper's Weekly
Kelly as an older man, dressed in his Union Army officer's uniform
Memorial plaque in Mountbellew
Fenian Rising
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The Fenian Rising was a rebellion against British rule in Ireland organised by the Irish Republican Brotherhood. After the suppression of the Irish People newspaper in September 1865, disaffection amo
Thomas J. Kelly (Irish nationalist)
…secret organisation with the objective of establishing an Irish republic independent from the United Kingdom. Kelly was the nominal leader of the failed Fenian Rising of 1867. He had previously also been an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War, serving mainly with the 10th Ohio Infantry "The Bloody 10th…
Irish Constabulary members fire on Fenians in Tallaght, 5 March 1867 (Harper's Weekly)
Plaque in Temple Bar, Dublin commemorating two Dublin Metropolitan Police officers, shot by a Fenian splinter group on Hallowe'en 1867
Image on Fenian Bond showing Erin instructing Civil War veteran to fight for his homeland across the ocean.